Posted on 02/01/2006 7:38:50 AM PST by Reagan Man
Sadly, the President missed yet another great opportunity to correct his course on immigration reform tonight. The President should have clarified his plan and joined the forces in Congress holding the line against amnesty. Instead, Americans will have to wait and wonder where the President stands on securing our borders, while he pushes for guest workers.
The President must enforce our immigration laws before we consider any guest worker proposal. Until we bring law and order to our border anarchy, importing more workers into the equation is out of the question.
In 1986, Congress passed a blanket amnesty on the promise that border security would come later. We all remember the 86 bait-and-switch, and we wont be fooled again. There is no way to determine if we need guest workers, and there is no way to gain control of this broken system until we seal our borders and control our countrys interior.
A Gallup poll released this week showed that a mere 25 percent of Americans approve of President Bushs handling of immigrationhis worst approval rating of all major issue areas that were surveyed.
The Houses get-tough immigration bill is in the Senates hands, where it is in jeopardy of being dropped or worse yet turned into a blanket amnesty. From his bully pulpit, President Bush could have broken the Washington stalemate and secured the most significant immigration reform in a decade. But tonight we got more of the samemore stalling, more roadblocks, more lax enforcement with no action in sight.
Border security is not an issue from which President Bush should run away. An overwhelming majority of Americans demand that their government secure the border now, and if we restore law and order, Republicans will be the political winners. As the President does in so many other areas, he must not retreat but lead.
What part of the SOTU speech, where the President said "no amnesty" doesn't bay buchanan partner, tom tancredo, understand.
GWB said it was NOT going to be an amnesty program, and I believe him. Tom, work with the President, instead of harping. It can be done, and can be done right.
That part of the speech was the most lukewarm applause he got during the whole thing.
PresBush supports open borders. Bush wants to assure that there is a continued flow of cheap labor into the US from Mexico. Pandering for the Hispanic vote is another reason to ignore the illegal immgration problem. For five years the President has been running away from this critical national security issue. Makes no sense whatsoever.
We have between 12-20 million illegals in this country.
Giving them the "right" to work here after they have broken our immigration law IS an amnesty.
And if you believe that they'll go home after their time here is done, I have a bridge in Arizona I'd like to sell you.
You've got to be a troll.
Where did Bush say anything about supporting illegal immigration.
What part of the SOTU speech where the President said "no amnesty" do you not understand?
I could have swore he said "NO AMNESTY"?
Maybe it was just Ted Kennedy getting in my head.
Wake up Dane. Talk is cheap. The Bush guest worker proposal is nothing but backdoor amnesty. You and your buds in the open border crowd have enjoyed the five years of inaction from this POTUS. Three more years of inaction and you'll be overjoyed.
My votes will be for people who will enforce our immigration laws. I am sure there will be many "blanks" left on my ballot.
I am through voting for the "lesser of two evils". Illegal aliens affect everything in my life now. From police response to the cost of my healthcare.
I can't even vote on the war on terror issue since border security and not having any idea of who is in our country is a HUGE security issue. I am much more likely to become a victim of a crime committed by an illegal alien than terrorists. What homeland security?
tancredo, IMO, does not want a solution. That would hamper funds coming into his and bay buchanan's PAC.
dittos
My thoughts exactly. Illegal immigration has impacts in all aspects of our daily lives. To believe otherwise is political.
I do not belive the GW on immigration, this is but an amnesty under a different name. I will do what ever it takes to oppose every way I can. Jorger (Rockefeller Republican) Arbusto is no conservative.
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